Afternoon Markets Trade Lower, Traders Awaiting Friday's Job Numbers
Afternoon Markets Trade Lower, Traders Awaiting Friday's Job Numbers
After Bitcoin hit the $100,000 mark on Wednesday night, crypto-related companiesAfter a record-breaking Wednesday, markets are trading lower on Thursday afternoon.
在創紀錄的星期三之後，市場在星期四下午交易下跌。
At 1:31 p.m. ET, the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ is off .38%. The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ is down .08% and the $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ is 0.06% lower.
東部時間下午1:31， $道瓊斯指數 (.DJI.US)$ 指數下跌了0.38%。 $標普500指數 (.SPX.US)$ 道瓊斯指數下降了0.08%， $納斯達克綜合指數 (.IXIC.US)$ 而比特幣下跌了0.06%。
With the S&P 500's Wednesday record close, this further adds to the index's year-to-date performance, moving it toward having its best-performing year of the 21st century if stocks continue rising this month.
隨着標準普爾500指數在週三創下記錄收盤，這進一步增強了該指數年初至今的表現，如果股票在這個月繼續上漲，它有望成爲21世紀表現最好的年份。
After Bitcoin hit the $100,000 mark on Wednesday night, crypto-related companies$MicroStrategy (MSTR.US)$ and $Coinbase (COIN.US)$ traded higher but have reversed course this afternoon to trade lower.
在比特幣在週三晚上突破10萬美元大關後，$MicroStrategy (MSTR.US)$ 和 $Coinbase (COIN.US)$ 與加密相關的公司股價上漲，但今天下午已轉向下跌。
$American Airlines (AAL.US)$ is trading 16% higher after the company selected$Citigroup Inc (CITI.CA)$ as its credit card provider.
$美國航空 (AAL.US)$ 在公司選擇後，股價上漲了16%。$Citigroup Inc (CITI.CA)$ 作爲其信用卡提供商。
Top of mind for traders now is Friday's impending unemployment numbers. Polled by Dow Jones, economists have forecast the U.S. economy adding 214,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate is seen as rising to 4.2%, up from November's 4.1%.
現在交易員最關注的是週五即將公佈的失業數據。根據道瓊斯的調查，經濟學家預測美國經濟上個月新增214,000個就業崗位。失業率預計將上升至4.2%，高於11月的4.1%。
